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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 2: Barnstable County. (search)
voted to pay a bounty of one hundred dollars to each volunteer who enlists for three years military service and is mustered in and credited to the quota of the town, and fifty dollars additional to each man who shall enlist and be credited within seven days. Another meeting was held on the 23d of December, at which the selectmen were authorized to appoint persons to assist them in recruiting volunteers, and extending the amount of bounty to each volunteer to one hundred and fifty dollars. December 9th, The town voted to enlist volunteers for three years service and not for nine months, and to pay to each volunteer for that term a bounty of two hundred dollars. 1863. Several war-meetings were held during this year: recruiting, the payment of bounties to volunteers, and aid to their families were continued; but no special action was taken by the town, in its corporate capacity, in relation to the war. 1864. A legal town-meeting was held on the 9th of April, at which seventy-eight
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 6: Essex County. (search)
d under the direction of the Joint Special Committee appointed April 19th. On the 26th of April an order was passed directing the Joint Special Committee to expend from the appropriations already made five hundred dollars for uniforms for the members of the Light Artillery Company of Salem, and two hundred dollars for uniforms for the new volunteer company organized by Captain Coggswell. Seven hundred dollars were appropriated for building barracks on the camp ground on Winter Island. December 9th, Five thousand dollars were appropriated for the payment of State aid to the families of volunteers for the months of December and January ensuing; and the treasurer, under the direction of the Joint Standing Committee on Finance, was authorized to borrow the money. 1862. January 27th, Twenty thousand dollars were appropriated for the payment of State aid to the families of volunteers. July 19th, Twenty-five thousand dollars were appropriated to encourage the enlistment of volunteers;
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 8: Hampden County. (search)
ty to be paid when mustered into the United-States service, and that the treasurer borrow a sum, not to exceed five thousand three hundred dollars, to pay the same. August 21st, Voted, to pay a bounty of one hundred dollars to each volunteer enlisting for nine months service, and the treasurer be authorized to borrow money sufficient to pay the same. September 2d, The same amount of bounty was continued, and the treasurer was authorized to borrow more money for the purpose of paying it. December 9th, The treasurer was authorized to borrow, not to exceed eight thousand dollars, to pay aid to the families of volunteers. 1863. At the regular yearly town-meeting held March 16th, voted, to continue paying aid to the families of the soldiers; and for that purpose the treasurer was authorized to borrow, not to exceed nine thousand dollars. It was also voted to refund the poll-tax to all three-years volunteers that have paid on last year's tax. September 28th, Voted, to pay and adjust t
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 10: Middlesex County. (search)
ok after the sick and wounded soldiers from that town, and to provide at the expense of the town for the return of the bodies of those citizens who have died or may die in the military or naval service. June 18th, The selectmen were authorized to pay a bounty of one hundred and twenty-five dollars to each volunteer enlisting to the credit of the town, and to borrow a sufficient sum of money to pay the same; the amount thus borrowed to be raised by taxation at the next annual assessment. December 9th, The selectmen were directed to continue recruiting, in anticipation of another call for men by the President, and to pay the same bounties. 1865. March 6th, The treasurer was authorized to borrow not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars for aid to the families of volunteers. Marlborough furnished seven hundred and thirty-one men for the war, which was a surplus of twenty-eight over and above all demands. Twenty-one were commissioned officers. The whole amount of money raised and e
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 15: Worcester County. (search)
each person belonging to Company A while engaged in drilling. The report was accepted, and James R. Claflin, Elias Whitney, John Morris, Edwin Battles, and Freeman Walcott were chosen to carry out the recommendations contained in the report. June 11th, Provision was made for the payment of State aid to the families of soldiers, and to parents, brothers, and sisters dependent upon them; the whole, for both, not to exceed twenty dollars a month to each family and dependants of a soldier. December 9th, Six thousand dollars were appropriated for State aid to soldiers' families. 1862. March 31, Twenty thousand dollars were appropriated for aid during the year to the families and dependants of volunteers belonging to Milford. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted:— Resolved, By the inhabitants of the town of Milford, in legal town-meeting assembled, that we have heard with pride of the heroic conduct of the officers and soldiers of Company B. Twenty-fifth Regiment Ma